шу

See also: Шу, шӱ, and Appendix:Variations of "su"

Adyghe

Alternative forms

• шыу (šəwu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃəw]

Noun

шу • (šu)

1. Alternative form of шыу (šəwu)

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *šu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃu/

Pronoun

шу • (šu)

1. you (plural)

Declension

Chechen personal pronouns
Singular	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Nominative	со (so)	хьо (ḥʳo)	иза (iza)
Genitive	сан (san)	хьан (ḥʳan)	цуьнан (cünan)
Dative	сӯна (suuna)	хьӯна (ḥʳuuna)	цунна (cunna)
Ergative	ас (as)	ахь (aḥʳ)	цо̄ (coo)
Allative	со̄ьга (sööga)	хьо̄ьга (ḥʳööga)	цуьнга (cünga)
Ablative	со̄ьгара (söögara)	хьо̄ьгара (ḥʳöögara)	цуьнгара (cüngara)
Instrumental	со̄ьца (sööca)	хьо̄ьца (ḥʳööca)	цуьнца (cünca)
Lative	сох (sox)	хьох (ḥʳox)	цунах (cunax)
Comparative	сол (sol)	хьол (ḥʳol)	цул (cul)
Plural	1st person (excl)	2nd person	3rd person
Nominative	тхо (txo)	шу (šu)	уьш (üš)
Genitive	тхан (txan)	шун (šun)	це̄ран (ceeran)
Dative	тхӯна (txuuna)	шуна (šuna)	ца̄рна (caarna)
Ergative	о̄ха (ooxa)	аш (aš)	ца̄ра (caara)
Allative	тхо̄ьга (txööga)	шуьга (šüga)	цаьрга (cärga)
Ablative	тхо̄ьгара (txöögara)	шуьгара (šügara)	цаьргара (cärgara)
Instrumental	тхо̄ьца (txööca)	шуьца (šüca)	ца̄рца (caarca)
Lative	тхох (txox)	шух (šux)	ца̄рах (caarax)
Comparative	тхол (txol)	шул (šul)	ца̄рал (caaral)
Plural	1st person (incl)
Nominative	вай (vaj)
Genitive	вайн (vajn)
Dative	вайна (vajna)
Ergative	вай (vaj)
Allative	вайга (vajga)
Ablative	вайгара (vajgara)
Instrumental	вайца (vajca)
Lative	вайх (vajx)
Comparative	вайл (vajl)
An exclusive form is a form that excludes the person being addressed. An inclusive form is a form that includes the person being addressed.

References

• Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “шу”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 233

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin 手 (shǒu).

Noun

шу • (šu)

1. hand

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *šo (“year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʷo/, /ʃo/ (new)

Noun

шу • (šu) class dd

1. year

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “шу”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 332
• Mutalijev, Xadži-Bekir Šovxalovič (1941) Эрсий-гӏалгӏай словарь юххьерча школенна / Русско-ингушский словарь для начальной школы [Russian-Ingush dictionary for elementary school] (in Ingush and Russian), Grozny: Chechingosizdat, page 25

Pronoun

шу • (šu)

1. Alternative form of шо (šo)

References

• Malʹsagov, Zaurbek K. (1963) Грамматика ингушского языка [Grammar of the Ingush language]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Grozny: Chechen-Ingush book publishing house, page 35
• Dolakova, Raisa I. (1967) “Ингушский язык [Ingush language]”, in Иберийско-кавказские языки [Iberian-Caucasian languages] (Языки народов СССР), volume 4, Moscow: Science, page 218

Kabardian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃəw]

Noun

шу • (šu)

1. horseman

Synonyms

• шыу (šəwu) (Adyghe)

Kumyk

Determiner

шу • (şu)

1. this, these

Udi

Etymology

From Aghwan 𐕐𐕒𐕡 (šu).

Noun

шу • (šu)

1. night

Further reading

• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-8